Not for the fainthearted – One Last Prayer for the Rays by Wes Markin
‘An explosive and visceral debut with the most terrifying of killers, Wes Markin is a new name to watch out for’ – Stephen Booth And I agree. This is the first of the DCI Yorke thrillers – what do you call the superlative of gritty, dark, delving into the depths of nasty? One Last Prayer for the Rays starts with a bang and then it’s non-stop action as DCI Yorke uses every ounce of energy and determination to investigate a kidnapping which brings him into the orbit of an old family business of sordid socio-pathology. The Rays. Many teachers don’t like to live in the catchment area of the school they teach in, and families like the Rays, are the main reason. My town has an antisocial family too and one Christmas holiday one of the members was arrested for an attack with a Samurai sword. No one was surprised, but the Rays of Salisbury, Wiltshire, give a new meaning to the definition of antisocial and I certainly would be afraid to teach their youngsters. ...